Ge Liang (181 - October 8, 234? [1]?) , character Kong Ming, number Wolong, Xuzhou Langya Yangdu (present-day Yinan County, Linyi City, Shandong Province) , Prime Minister of Shu Han during the Three Kingdoms period, an outstanding statesman, militarist, man of letters, calligrapher, and inventor.
In his early years, he accompanied his uncle Zhuge Xuan to Jingzhou, and after Zhuge Xuan's death, Zhuge Liang lived in seclusion in Longzhong. Later, Liu Bei invited Zhuge Liang to join Sun Quan of the Eastern Wu to defeat Cao's army at the Battle of Red Cliff. He then formed the Three Kingdoms and seized Jingzhou. In the 16th year of Jian'an (211), he captured Yizhou. After that, he defeated Cao's army and captured Hanzhong.
In the first year of Shu Zhangwu (221), Liu Bei established the Shu Han regime in Chengdu, and Zhuge Liang was appointed prime minister, presiding over the government. When Liu Zen, the later lord, succeeded to the throne, Zhuge Liang was named Marquis of Wuxiang, leading the Yizhou pastor. He was diligent and prudent, dealing with large and small matters personally, and was strict with rewards and punishments; he allied with Dongwu to improve the relationship with the southwestern tribes; he practiced the policy of cantonment and strengthened the war preparations. He had six northern expeditions to the Central Plains, but he ran out of food and failed to achieve any success.
Finally, he died of illness in the 12th year of Jianxing in Shu (234) at the age of 54 in Wuzhangyuan (in Qishan, Baoji, Shaanxi Province). Liu Chan posthumously named him Marquis of Zhongwu, and later generations often honored Zhuge Liang with the title of Marquis of Zhongwu. The Eastern Jin Dynasty named him King Wuxing because of his military prowess.
Geliang Zhuge Liang's prose masterpieces include "The Table of the Division" and "The Book of Commandments". He invented the wooden oxen and horses, Kongming lanterns, etc., and transformed the crossbow, called Zhuge crossbow, can be a crossbow ten vectors are fired. Zhuge Liang's life is a representative figure of loyal officials and wise men in traditional Chinese culture.
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From the Jin Dynasty onwards, successive generations have promoted Zhuge Liang to a higher rank and title, and bestowed a temple and a number. Jin was named King Wuxing; Tang was named King Wuling, and gave the temple; Song gave "Yinghui Temple", and added the number "Renji"; Yuan Dynasty, he was posthumously named "Mighty Loyalty, Loyalty, and Martial Appearance of the Spirit of Renji King"; Zhu Yuanzhang, Ming Dynasty, was named "Emperor Gao"; and Zhu Yuanzhang, Ming Dynasty, was named "Emperor Gao". "emperor high", selected from the sacrifice of 37 famous ministers, the end of the Han dynasty and the three countries only Zhuge Liang was selected, "Zhongwu Hou and embrace yan".
In 1991, approved by the local government, Chengdu City, Sichuan Province, Wuhou District was formally established, the district name taken from the jurisdiction of the Wuhou Ancestral Temple (formerly known as the Han Zhaolie Temple, Zhaolie for the death of Liu Bei posthumous title). Wuhou Ancestral Temple was named after Zhuge Liang, who was named Marquis Wuxiang during his lifetime, and was merged with Zhaolie Temple in the early Ming Dynasty, making it one of the famous historical tourist attractions in Shu...?
Nanyang Wuhou Ancestral Hall, also known as "Zhu Geliang nunnery", located in Nanyang City, Henan Province, Wolong District, Wolonggang, built in the Wei and Jin dynasties, is cast Wei of Shu Han Huang Quan in Zhu Geliang plowing land Wolonggang built into a large group of shrines in memory of Zhu Geliang.
Wuhou Ancestral Hall in Hanzhong City, Shaanxi Province, is located in Mianxian County (Shin County), was built in 263 A.D., for the earliest Wuhou Ancestral Hall (Chengdu Wuhou Ancestral Hall about 50 years ago), and is therefore known as "the first Wuhou Ancestral Hall in the world".
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